Blog articles from 05/2019

From May 21-23, over 600 executives from around the country (and world) gathered in San Francisco for the 23rd-annual Parks Associates CONNECTIONS™ conference. The executive research conference included presentations from Parks Associates' leading analysts and visionary sessions featuring executives in the connected entertainment and digital home technology industries.
Having reflected on the information shared at CONNECTIONS last week, three of our analysts share some of the...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Kent Dickson, CEO and Co-Founder, Yonomi spoke with the firm’s analyst team to his thoughts on independent living in the smart home.
Kent participated on the Business Model Innovations in the Smart Home panel on Thursday, May 23, at 1:30 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session included:
Andy Chambers, Vice President of Connected Home, Assurant
Stephen Eyre, Area Vice...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Chris Gibbons, MD, Founder and CEO, The Greystone Group, Inc. spoke with the firm’s analyst team to his thoughts on independent living in the smart home.
Chris participated on the Special Session: Independent Living in the Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 22, at 3:30 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session included:
Jeff Cutler, Chief Commercial Officer, Ada Health...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Brian Brackenbury, Director, Connected Products, Gentex Corporation, spoke with the firm’s analyst team to discuss the smart home experience.
Brian participated on the Connected Cars: Extension for the Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 22, at 10:15 AM. Panelists who joined him on this session included:
Jan-Philipp Gehrmann, Director, Head of Automotive Sales & Marketing...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Jeff Cutler, Chief Commercial Officer, Ada Health spoke with the firm’s analyst team to his thoughts on independent living in the smart home.
Jeff participated on the Special Session: Independent Living in the Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 22, at 3:30 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session included:
Chris Gibbons, MD, Founder and CEO, The Greystone Group, Inc....

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Dan Berte, Director, IoT, Bitdefender spoke with the firm’s analyst team to discuss future of connected devices in the home.
Dan participated on the Data Security and Privacy: Empowering Consumers panel on Wednesday, May 22, at 1:15 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session included:
Marcio Avillez, SVP of Business Development, CUJO AI
Gary Davis, Chief Consumer Security...

It’s no secret that US broadband households are a bandwidth hungry group. Driven by increasing numbers of connected devices in the home, greater consumption of streaming media, and always-on access and Wi-Fi, consumers are steadily opting for faster broadband connections.
Parks Associates research shows that average service speeds among US broadband households have steadily increased over the last four years. The most dramatic shift has taken place in the 100 Mbps-999 Mbps tier;...